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65 Alzheimer's Disease Trials near Pennsylvania
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Learn More About PowerPrehabilitation Interventions for Surgery Patients
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This study will contribute to creating a prospective and robust automated preoperative risk assessment algorithm for 30-day mortality, major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) and perioperative neurocognitive disorders (PND) outcomes following elective general, orthopedic, cardiac, or vascular surgery. It will help to identify correlations between perioperative factors and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or AD-related dementias (ADRD). Lastly, this study will create effective, validated multi-modal interventions to improve perioperative health. This study will explore two main hypotheses: 1. Preoperative prehabilitation and proactive cognitive/behavioral interventions will effectively improve postoperative cognitive outcomes, morbidities, and mortality, and; 2. The proactive bundled interventions are superior to current standard of care in reducing postoperative cognitive outcomes, MACCE and mortality. Expected Outcome: Improved EHR algorithm will have higher predictive accuracy for MACCE and mortality while predicting postoperative cognitive outcomes.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:65+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Children, MoCA Score <23, Others
1200 Participants Needed
Novel Healthcare Approaches for Delirium in Elders
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) with a family-augmented version of HELP (FAM-HELP), that includes family members and care partners, for the prevention of delirium in older patients during hospital admission. The main objectives of the trial are the following:
1. To compare the effectiveness of FAM-HELP and HELP in reducing both the incidence of delirium and its severity.
2. To compare the effectiveness of FAM-HELP and HELP in improving patient- and family-reported outcomes.
3. To explore the implementation context, process, and outcomes of the FAM-HELP program in diverse hospital settings.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:70+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Delirium, Coma, Advanced Dementia, Others
3000 Participants Needed
Sensory Stimulation for Alzheimer's Disease
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
This is an open-label extension for a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, adaptive design pivotal study.
Participants who complete the Hope Study (CA-0011) will be eligible to consent for screening to enroll in the OLE Hope Study (CA-0015). All participants will be treated with an Active Sensory Stimulation System (GS120) for 60 minutes daily for up to 12 months. There will be no Sham treatment group or randomization involved in this study.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:50 - 92
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Insufficient Adherence, Continuous Care, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Immunomodulators, Memantine, Nootropics
402 Participants Needed
VR Audiovisual Stimulation for Alzheimer's Disease
Scranton, Pennsylvania
This is a single-blind, sham-controlled, clinical trial that aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and feasibility of delivering audiovisual stimulation via a Virtual Reality (VR) headset to people cognitively impaired due to Alzheimer's and cognitively unimpaired people.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:50 - 90
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Seizure, Stroke, Migraine, Alcohol Use, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Monoclonal Antibodies, Memantine
60 Participants Needed
Self-Care Training for Dementia Caregivers
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Self-care for Dementia Caregivers Study is a behavioral health intervention that uses digital monitoring tools and motivational health coaching to help caregivers of persons with dementia engage in a regular routine of self-care. Participants wear an apple watch for the objective collection of sleep-wake rhythms. They receive personalized feedback on their sleep-wake rhythms via a new app. Health coaches call participants weekly, for 6 weeks to help participants meet their health/sleep goals and promote self-knowledge of regular routines. Participants will help the study team improve the design elements and content of the mobile app. The goal of this intervention is to reduce psychological distress and caregiver burden.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:50 - 99
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
25 Participants Needed
WeCareAdvisor for Caregiver Support in Dementia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The WeCareAdvisor is an online tool to help caregivers manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of people living with dementia. The trial will evaluate its efficacy to reduce caregiver distress, improve confidence managing behaviors, as well as reduce occurrences and severity of behavioral and psychological symptoms.
Visit https://wecareadvisorstudy.com/ for more information.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:21+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
262 Participants Needed
Long-Term Safety of Simufilam for Alzheimer's Disease
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
The goal of this open-label extension study is to assess long-term safety and tolerability of simufilam 100 mg in subjects who have completed the RETHINK-ALZ or REFOCUS-ALZ Phase 3 clinical trials.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:51 - 89
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
1081 Participants Needed
Biophoton Therapy for Brain Disorders
Butler, Pennsylvania
Previous clinical studies revealed that the newly developed biophoton therapy has been safe and effective in treating patients with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, or Parkinson's disease. The current study is to confirm the previous clinical observation by conducting as a randomized, triple-blinded, placebo-controlled prospective intervention clinical research. About 80 patients with brain disorder (Alzheimer's disease, dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease) will participate in the intervention clinical study at the Tesla MedBed Center located in Butler, PA.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Untreated Mental Illnesses, Ventilator, Implanted Devices, Severe Diabetes, Others
80 Participants Needed
Remternetug for Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The purpose of this research study is to test the study drug, referred to as remternetug, to determine its effectiveness for the study treatment of asymptomatic (at risk) Alzheimer disease in individuals with AD-causing mutations. This study will also investigate the effects of remternetug on biomarkers (measures of the disease including brain scans, blood and spinal fluid tests), examine safety data to identify any potential benefits or risks, and examine how well participants can tolerate remternetug.
Stage 1 will determine if treatment with the study drug prevents or reverses amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation compared with placebo in participants with dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD).
Stage 2 will evaluate the effect of early anti-amyloid treatment on downstream biomarkers of AD in treated participants compared to external control groups.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Neurologic, Psychiatric, Stroke, Substance Use, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Anticoagulants, Immunosuppressives, Chemotherapeutics, Others
280 Participants Needed
Investigational Alzheimer's Drugs for Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This trial tests two drugs, lecanemab and E2814, in people with a genetic mutation that causes Alzheimer's disease. Lecanemab helps remove harmful protein clumps from the brain, while E2814 prevents harmful protein tangles from forming. The goal is to see if these drugs can slow down or improve symptoms of Alzheimer's.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Neurologic, Psychiatric, Substance Use, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Anticoagulants, Monoclonal Antibodies
197 Participants Needed
Disease-Modifying Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, biomarker, cognitive and clinical efficacy of investigational products in participants with an Alzheimer's disease-causing mutation by determining if treatment with the study drug slows the rate of progression of cognitive/clinical impairment or improves disease-related biomarkers.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Alcohol/drug Dependence, Cardiovascular Disease, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Anticoagulants, Monoclonal Antibodies
490 Participants Needed
Gantenerumab for Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The purpose is to evaluate the biomarker effect, safety, and tolerability of investigational study drugs in participants who are known to have an Alzheimer's disease (AD)-causing mutation. Stage 1 will determine if treatment with the study drug prevents or slows the rate of amyloid beta (Aβ) pathological disease accumulation demonstrated by Aβ positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Stage 2 will evaluate the effect of early Aβ plaque reduction/prevention on disease progression by assessing downstream non-Aβ biomarkers of AD (e.g., CSF total tau, p-tau, NfL) compared to an external control group from the DIAN-OBS natural history study and the DIAN-TU-001 placebo-treated participants.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Neurologic Disease, Psychiatric Disease, Stroke, Alcohol Use, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Immunosuppressives, Anticoagulants
280 Participants Needed
Lecanemab for Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This is an open label study to treat dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD) mutation carrier participants from the DIAN-TU-001 gantenerumab Open Label Extension (OLE) period with lecanemab to determine the effects of amyloid removal on age of onset and clinical progression compared to external controls, if amyloid plaque as measured by amyloid PET can be fully removed in DIAD, and the effects of amyloid removal on biomarkers of disease progression.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Pregnancy, Cancer, Uncontrolled Hypertension, Others
Must Be Taking:Anti-amyloid Therapy
43 Participants Needed
Emraclidine for Elderly Healthy Subjects
Marlton, New Jersey
This trial is testing the safety of a drug called emraclidine, which is taken by mouth, in elderly people.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:65 - 85
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Substance Use Disorder, Cardiovascular Disease, Others
Must Be Taking:Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Memantine
17 Participants Needed
PI-2620 PET Imaging for Alzheimer's and Frontotemporal Dementia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The investigators will compare \[18F\]-PI-2620 tau PET scans from patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), patients with non-amnestic presentations of Alzheimer's disease (naAD), and demographically matched cognitively normal subjects.
No Placebo Group
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Stroke, Mass On MRI, Alcohol Abuse, Others
72 Participants Needed
JNJ-63733657 for Alzheimer's Disease
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
This trial is testing a new drug called JNJ-63733657 to see if it can help slow down the worsening of symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The goal is to see if the drug can help maintain brain function and daily living skills better.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:55 - 80
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:MCI, Parkinson's, Alcohol Abuse, Others
Must Be Taking:AD Treatments
523 Participants Needed
ACP-204 for Alzheimer's Disease
Abington, Pennsylvania
This is a master protocol for 3 independent, seamlessly enrolling, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group studies in patients with ADP
* Substudy 1 (Phase 2) will evaluate efficacy and dose response of ACP-204 30 and 60 mg vs placebo. This substudy will be initiated first.
* Substudies 2A and 2B (both: Phase 3) will be confirmatory studies of either both doses (ACP-204 30 and 60 mg, respectively) or a single dose from Part 1 vs placebo. Substudies 2A and 2B will be performed independently of each other and will commence after enrollment of Part 1.
All 3 substudies will be analyzed independently of each other.
Each substudy individually will consist of a screening period (up to 49 days); a double-blind treatment period (6 weeks); a safety follow-up period (30 days) for patients not rolling over into an open-label extension study; and vital status follow-up (for patients who terminated their substudy early).
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Age:55 - 95
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Hospice Care, Atrial Fibrillation, Others
Must Be Taking:Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Memantine
1074 Participants Needed
Sleep Schedule Restriction for Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease affects approximately 5.6 million adults over age 65, with costs expected to rise from $307 billion to $1.5 trillion over the next 30 years. Behavioral interventions have shown promise for mitigating neurodegeneration and cognitive impairments. Sleep is a modifiable health behavior that is critical for cognition and deteriorates with advancing age and Alzheimer's disease. Thus, it is a priority to examine whether improving sleep modifies Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology and cognitive function. Extant research suggests that deeper, more consolidated sleep is positively associated with memory and executive functions and networks that underlie these processes. Preliminary studies confirm that time-in-bed restriction interventions increase sleep efficiency and non-rapid eye movement slow-wave activity (SWA) and suggest that increases in SWA are associated with improved cognitive function. SWA reflects synaptic downscaling predominantly among prefrontal connections. Downscaling of prefrontal connections with the hippocampus during sleep may help to preserve the long-range connections that support memory and cognitive function. In pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease, hyperactivation of the hippocampus is thought to be excitotoxic and is shown to leave neurons vulnerable to further amyloid deposition. Synaptic downscaling through SWA may mitigate the progression of Alzheimer's disease through these pathways. The proposed study will behaviorally increase sleep depth (SWA) through four weeks of time-in-bed restriction in older adults characterized on amyloid deposition and multiple factors associated with Alzheimer's disease risk. This study will examine whether behaviorally enhanced SWA reduces hippocampal hyperactivation, leading to improved task-related prefrontal-hippocampal connectivity, plasma amyloid levels, and cognitive function. This research addresses whether a simple, feasible, and scalable behavioral sleep intervention improves functional neuroimaging indices of excitotoxicity, Alzheimer's pathophysiology, and cognitive performance.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Early Phase 1
Age:65 - 85
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Severe Psychiatric Conditions, CNS Diseases, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Anticonvulsants, Steroids
116 Participants Needed
BMS-986446 for Early Alzheimer's Disease
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
This trial is testing a new medication called BMS-986446 in people with early Alzheimer's disease. The medication is designed to target harmful proteins in the brain to slow down the disease. Researchers are checking if it works well and is safe for patients.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:50 - 80
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Other Cognitive Conditions, MRI Contraindications, Others
475 Participants Needed
ATI-045 for Eczema
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This study evaluates ATI-045 versus placebo in patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Anaphylaxis, Corticosteroid Allergy, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Antibiotics, Corticosteroids, Biologics, Others
96 Participants Needed
Why Other Patients Applied
"I have a very strong family history of Alzheimer’s, with my maternal grandmother, mother, uncle, and sister having the disease. My APOE status is 2/4. My memory is going, although 6 months ago I tested decently on some cognitive tests. I'd like to help myself by getting ahead of my condition and help others in a similar situation by participating in medical research."
EK
Mild Cognitive Impairment PatientAge: 72
"I watched my mother die from Parkinson’s. At the time of her death, she weighed 85 pounds and could not move any muscles voluntarily except her eyelids. I would like to participate in a trial to help find a better treatment for PD than what is currently available. It is a devastating illness. It breaks my heart that other families will have to go through this."
WU
Healthy Volunteer PatientAge: 76
"I watched my mother suffer through years of Alzheimer's Disease and I want to help advance the science for treating AD. I don't want anyone else to have go through what our family went through."
OF
Alzheimer's Disease PatientAge: 65
"I have been on standard Alzheimer's medication for a few years but know this treatment only works to delay my cognitive deterioration, not improve it. I've been doing research, which brought me here, to consider some of the latest research drugs. While I know that there's no guarantee that a clinical trial improves my condition, I'd like to give one a try and help further the research for all."
VL
Alzheimer's PatientAge: 71
"I'm so used to losing things, forgetting things, making up to acronyms to remember things only to remember the acromym but not what the letters stand for... I enter a new room to look for an item, only to forget what I was looking for. I've discussed the existing treatments with my neurologist and she's on board with my joining a clinical trial."
AH
Dementia PatientAge: 64
Behavioral Nudge for Genetic Predisposition
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Given the expansion of indications for genetic testing and our understanding of conditions for which the results change medical management, it is imperative to consider novel ways to deliver care beyond the traditional genetic counseling visit, which are both amenable to large-scale implementation and sustainable. The investigators propose an entirely new approach for the implementation of genomic medicine, supported by the leadership of Penn Medicine, investigating the use of non-geneticist clinician and patient nudges in the delivery of genomic medicine through a pragmatic randomized clinical trial, addressing NHGRI priorities. Our application is highly conceptually and technically innovative, building upon expertise and infrastructure already in place.
Innovative qualities of our proposal include: 1) Cutting edge EHR infrastructure already built to support genomic medicine (e.g., partnering with multiple commercial genetic testing laboratories for direct test ordering and results reporting in the EHR); 2) Automated EHR-based direct ordering or referring by specialist clinicians (i.e., use of replicable modules that enable specialist clinicians to order genetic testing through Epic Smartsets, including all needed components, such as populated gene lists, smartphrases, genetic testing, informational websites and acknowledgement e-forms for patient signature); 3) EHR algorithms for accurate patient identification (i.e., electronic phenotype algorithms to identify eligible patients, none of which currently have phenotype algorithms present in PheKB; 4) Behavioral economics-informed implementation science methods: This trial will be the first to evaluate implementation strategies informed by behavioral economics, directed at clinicians and/or patients, for increasing the use of genetic testing; further it will be the first study in this area to test two forms of defaults as a potential local adaptation to facilitate implementation (ordering vs. referring); and 5) Dissemination: In addition to standard dissemination modalities,PheKB95, GitHub and Epic Community Library, the investigators propose to disseminate via AnVIL (NHGRI's Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-Space). Our results will represent an entirely new paradigm for the provision of genomic medicine for patients in whom the results of genetic testing change medical management.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Under 18, Not Diagnosed, Others
1000 Participants Needed
Tau Tracer Comparison for Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This trial uses special imaging agents to help visualize harmful brain proteins in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease. The agents make these proteins glow during scans, allowing doctors to see them clearly and monitor the disease.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1
Age:50 - 90
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Pregnant, Breastfeeding, Cognitive Impairment, Others
822 Participants Needed
Health App Recommendation Tool for Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the Health App Recommendation Tool (HART), an evidence-based tool that evaluates app features and matches them to the needs, abilities, and preferences of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) or their caregivers. This novel tool is not an app in and of itself, but rather an assessment tool used to determine how well suited a given app is for a member of the ADRD or caregiver population.
Specifically, the objective of this research is to assess the acceptability of the current HART design among target end-users in their individual contexts. The overarching goal of this project is to connect those in the ADRD community with available, usable, and effective digital tools to promote the highest possible level of health and wellness in community settings.
To achieve this goal, the study will recruit 15 family caregivers living with their loved ones with ADRD, who will trial HART and provide feedback. Participation will include two data collection sessions (pre-intervention and post-intervention) within a four-week trial period. Participants will be asked to complete the HART, explore the recommended apps, and provide feedback on HART's usability through several brief surveys.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:18 - 65
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Alzheimer's, Severe Cognitive Decline, Others
15 Participants Needed
Nicotine Patch for Mild Cognitive Impairment
Hershey, Pennsylvania
The purpose of the study is to see if daily transdermal nicotine is able to produce a significant cognitive, clinical and functional improvement in participants with MCI. Neuronal nicotinic receptors have long been known to play a critical role in memory function in preclinical studies, with nicotine improving attention, learning, and memory function.
The study will enroll 380 participants for a 2 year period. Participants will be randomized (50:50) to either the transdermal nicotine, beginning at 7mg/day, and increasing to 21mg/day, or placebo skin patch.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:55 - 90
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Tobacco Use, Neurologic Disease, Major Depression, Others
Must Be Taking:Memantine, Cholinesterase Inhibitors
380 Participants Needed
Escitalopram for Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of escitalopram for agitation in Alzheimer's dementia.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Not Listed
187 Participants Needed
CBD + THC for Agitation in Dementia
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This is a multicenter randomized double-blind placebo-controlled Phase 2 study of an oral combination of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) compared to placebo over 12 weeks. This study is designed to test the hypothesis that treatment with an oral combination of THC/CBD will reduce agitation hospice care-eligible patients with agitation and dementia as measured by the Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) when compared to placebo at 2 weeks.
This study will enroll approximately 120 participants of any gender at least 40 years of age who are hospice care-eligible with agitation and dementia (HAD). Participants will be randomized (50:50) to either active study drug (T2:C100) or placebo.
The double-blind period of this study is 12 weeks. A 12 week optional open-label extension will be offered to participants who complete the double-blind period.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:40+
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Cannabinoid Allergy, Investigational Drugs, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Cannabinoids
120 Participants Needed
AVP-786 for Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease
Moosic, Pennsylvania
This trial tests a combination of two drugs taken by mouth to help calm severe agitation in people with Alzheimer's disease by balancing brain chemicals.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:50 - 90
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-Alzheimer's Dementia, Unstable Systemic Diseases, Myasthenia Gravis, Others
183 Participants Needed
AVP-786 for Alzheimer's-related Agitation
Wilmington, Delaware
This trial tests a combination of two drugs taken by mouth to help calm severe agitation in people with Alzheimer's disease by balancing brain chemicals.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:50 - 90
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Non-Alzheimer's Dementia, Unstable Systemic Diseases, Myasthenia Gravis, Others
241 Participants Needed
Equol for Cognitive Impairment
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The ACE Trial, funded by the National Institute on Ageing/National Institutes of Health (NIH), is a multicenter clinical trial. The ACE Trial will determine if taking the dietary supplement Equol could slow the progression of stiffening of the arteries, small blood vessel disease in the brain and memory decline. Equol is a soy-based supplement that has plant estrogen-like compounds in it.
Equol is a metabolite of soy isoflavone. Our studies in Japan and other studies suggest that Equol may slow mechanisms related to memory decline. No previous studies in the United States have tested the effect of Equol on these mechanisms or memory decline. Supplementation of Equol in the ACE Trial is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, are recruiting participants.
The ACE Trial will ask participants to complete 7 clinic visits over a two-year period. The participants are asked to take Equol tablets daily for 24 months. Clinic procedures include Pulse Wave Velocity (to measure arterial stiffness), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the brain and tests of awareness and thinking.
Trial Details
Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:65 - 85
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Stroke, Neurological Disorders, Bipolar, Cancer, Others
Must Not Be Taking:Isoflavone Supplements, Estrogen Therapy
369 Participants Needed
18F-JSS20-183A for Tauopathies
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The current protocol is to determine the biodistribution, metabolism, excretion and brain uptake of 18F-JSS20-183A. The goal of this radiotracer is to quantify 4Repeat Tau (4Rtau) protein that is abnormally deposited in the brain of people with a class of neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies, such as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS), syndromes of genetic Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (genetic FTLD) as well as participants with Parkinson disease (PD), Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and healthy controls. This multicenter project funded by an NIH U19 grant, is centered at U Pennsylvania (Penn, Grant PI: Robert Mach) in collaboration with U Pittsburgh (Pitt), Yale U, U of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL). The University of Pennsylvania will act as the sIRB for this multi-center human subjects project and participants will be recruited from all sites.
No Placebo Group
Trial Details
Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Early Phase 1
Age:40 - 85
Key Eligibility Criteria
Disqualifiers:Pregnancy, Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, Others
90 Participants Needed
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much do Alzheimer's Disease clinical trials in Pennsylvania pay?
Each trial will compensate patients a different amount, but $50-100 for each visit is a fairly common range for Phase 2–4 trials (Phase 1 trials often pay substantially more). Further, most trials will cover the costs of a travel to-and-from the clinic.
How do Alzheimer's Disease clinical trials in Pennsylvania work?
After a researcher reviews your profile, they may choose to invite you in to a screening appointment, where they'll determine if you meet 100% of the eligibility requirements. If you do, you'll be sorted into one of the treatment groups, and receive your study drug. For some trials, there is a chance you'll receive a placebo. Across Alzheimer's Disease trials in Pennsylvania 30% of clinical trials have a placebo. Typically, you'll be required to check-in with the clinic every month or so. The average trial length in Pennsylvania for Alzheimer's Disease is 12 months.
How do I participate in a study as a "healthy volunteer"?
Not all studies recruit healthy volunteers: usually, Phase 1 studies do. Participating as a healthy volunteer means you will go to a research facility in Pennsylvania several times over a few days or weeks to receive a dose of either the test treatment or a "placebo," which is a harmless substance that helps researchers compare results. You will have routine tests during these visits, and you'll be compensated for your time and travel, with the number of appointments and details varying by study.
What does the "phase" of a clinical trial mean?
The phase of a trial reveals what stage the drug is in to get approval for a specific condition. Phase 1 trials are the trials to collect safety data in humans. Phase 2 trials are those where the drug has some data showing safety in humans, but where further human data is needed on drug effectiveness. Phase 3 trials are in the final step before approval. The drug already has data showing both safety and effectiveness. As a general rule, Phase 3 trials are more promising than Phase 2, and Phase 2 trials are more promising than phase 1.
Do I need to be insured to participate in a Alzheimer's Disease medical study in Pennsylvania?
Clinical trials are almost always free to participants, and so do not require insurance. The only exception here are trials focused on cancer, because only a small part of the typical treatment plan is actually experimental. For these cancer trials, participants typically need insurance to cover all the non-experimental components.
What are the newest Alzheimer's Disease clinical trials in Pennsylvania?
Most recently, we added Prehabilitation Interventions for Surgery Patients, Trontinemab for Alzheimer's Disease and Health App Recommendation Tool for Alzheimer's Disease to the Power online platform.
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